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Festival junger Künstler Bayreuth/ Young Artists Festival (focus on: volunteer experience): Nadine
Introduction-
Background
Images
Volunteering
FjKB Stepping Stone programme
team Poster Assignment 3
The aim of a poster is to communicate your ideas (and analysis) to viewers/audience in a way that is clear and easy to understand. The objective of the assignment is to use theory to explore the reality and practices of a real event or festival.
For this assignment you will Festival junger Künstler Bayreuth/ Young Artists Festival, analyse the event and communicate that analysis through the use of a ‘poster’.
It is up to you what special event or festival you choose.
There is no expectation of what you will find from your analysis. After all the event you choose will be different as will your decision-making process as to what is important for you personally (as a team) Some of the things you will need to ensure you include (think about how you need to give context to the viewer)
– The name and location of your event
– Background (the detail is up to you; how important do you think it is for the viewer to understand the background? This may differ dependent upon the focus of your analysis)
– Images of the event (but think carefully about the role of images in communicating ideas and meaning. Don’t just use random images, they have meaning!! This means you might need to stop and think (reflect)
What is it that is of interest to YOU regarding Festival junger Künstler Bayreuth/ Young Artists Festival ? Again, this is up to you to decide. Some of the things you might think about are;
volunteering,
You do not have room to deal with every aspect of your event so you need to decide what your focus on volunteering will be (and ensure you communicate that to the viewer)
When you are choosing an event think pragmatically. How easy is it to find background information about the event? How much detail can you find that you can analyse?
When you are thinking about ‘analysis’ you do not need to look for research (or academic) literature that deals with the event specifically, rather you are looking for literature that can help you communicate what is going on at the event you have chosen. So, if you want to write about how the event helps educate people about climate change, look at what the event ‘does’ and how literature on climate change can help you support (or explain) how the event achieves this through practice (or even how they say they want to but in reality do not achieve their objectives)
There is no right or wrong way to do a poster. Rather it is about how well you communicate your ideas! Focus on one or two key ideas or points. Don’t try to ‘guess’ what you think the viewer wants to see or hear. Think carefully about the event and choose what you think is important to communicate!
Regarding presentation (how your poster ‘looks’), again this is up to you. Have a look online and think about what looks best for you. You are not reinventing the wheel – posters are not new so look for examples that you can use.
There are numerous websites that will help you in designing your poster (an important part of learning is asking questions and looking for answers. I could ‘demand’ that you use a particular style, however that may not be the best style for you! Looking for answers (how do I do a poster) allows you to see that there are a significant number of ways to present your ideas as a poster. What is appropriate will always depend upon context. Being able to look for answers is a really important skill)
At this point there is no need to print your poster, however it needs to be in a format and size that would be able to be easily read.
Guidelines for Poster Presentations (these are just GUIDELINES, look for other examples and choose what YOU feel is most suitable)
– SIZE: One Powerpoint slide or similar (we will be presenting online so think of the restrictions)
– LETTERING: The poster should be easily readable. Use UPPER and lower case for general content as the use of all-capital text is difficult to read. Avoid using a mixture of type/font styles.
– TITLE: Include the title of your presentation at the top of the poster. Your name should also be displayed on the poster.
– HEADINGS: 48 to 60 point font size is recommended for headings.
– CONTENT: Think about the relationship between images and text (photos and writing)
The message that your poster contains should be clear and understandable without the requirement of oral explanation (however you will be talking about your poster!). If relevant, methods should be presented simply and concisely.
After the title, the two most important panels are the Introduction and the Conclusion. On the basis of these two panels, a reader will decide whether to consider the poster details and perhaps talk to the presenter. These panels need to be very simple, concise and visually attractive.
Results should be presented graphically if possible. Avoid large tables of data.
Use pictures, symbols and colour. Figure legends are essential and should be short but informative. If using graphs, they should have a short heading.
Photographs should be no smaller than 12cm x 18cm.
Use the space to attract your audience for discussion, not to present complex details.
The following websites provide some useful information on preparing effective posters for presentation.
http://hgso.curtin.edu.au/pdf/Poster_Presentation_Conference_Guidelines_2008.pdf
http://www.phcris.org.au/infobytes/poster_presentations.php
There are numerous websites that will assist you in working through formatting and presentation style. Remember to think carefully about the relationship between style and substance! You can have really great ideas and analysis (Substance) however poor presentation will detract from the knowledge you are trying to communicate. On the other hand, you might have a really great looking poster (style) however if it has no substance (it doesn’t make sense, really weak ideas etc) then it won’t work!